New NEC Softphone Offers Real-Time Multimedia and Presence Information January 27, 2010 NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications, networking and IT solutions, today introduced its latest softphone, UNIVERGE® SP350, which allows individuals to work smarter while managing the different aspects of communications. More
NEC Announces Enterprise-class Unified Communications for SMBs, Fully Integrated with IBM's Lotus Foundations Appliance January 18, 2010 Today at the annual IBM Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Florida, NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications, networking and IT solutions, announced UNIVERGE® Sphericall® for IBM Lotus Foundations, a unified communications solution that is fully integrated with IBM Lotus Foundations, an appliance that extends IBM Lotus Sametime unified communications and collaboration (UC2) tools with the ability to connect to telephony. More
NEC's UNIVERGE® UX5000, IP-24e Desk Phone Named 2009 Best Channel Products by Business Solutions Magazine December 18, 2009 NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications solutions, today announced NEC's UNIVERGE UX5000 IP communications server and NEC IP-24e IP desk phone were recognized as 'Best Channel Products' by Business Solutions magazine. The award recognizes the products' rich feature set, reliability, ease of integration and upgrade as well as ease of service. More
Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey Goes Green with NEC Communication Solutions December 1, 2009 NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications, networking and IT solutions, today announced that Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey, a non-profit organization for people living with cancer and those impacted by the disease, is taking advantage of NEC's energy efficient and environmentally responsible communication solutions to help lower their power consumption and achieve cost saving benefits. More
NEC Announces First Integrated Ocean Observation System for Taiwan November 20, 2009 NEC Corporation today announced a win for the first submarine-cable based integrated ocean observation system for the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan. The system will be deployed in the sea off of eastern Taiwan in order to strengthen seismic and environmental observations in the area. Construction of the system is scheduled for completion in June 2011. More
MGH and NEC Start On-Site Evaluation of NEC Cancer Diagnosis Assistance System e-Pathologist at MGH November 6, 2009 NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today it has started a joint evaluation of NEC's cancer diagnosis assistance system, e-Pathologist, at Massachusetts General Hospital (Headquarters: Boston, MA, USA; President: Peter L. Slavin, MD; MGH). More
NEC Announces Partnership, Showcases the Intelligent Campus at EDUCAUSE 2009 October 30, 2009 NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications, networking and IT solutions, located in booth #622 at the EDUCAUSE 2009 conference, today announced that Tidebreak, Inc., a leader in interactive workplace and learning space technologies, has joined the UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program. Classroom collaboration solutions from Tidebreak are among the innovative technologies and services being demonstrated by NEC at EDUCAUSE 2009, November 3-5 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. More
Verizon Named Technical Achievement Winner in NEC Corporation of America's 'Empowered by Telecommunications' Award October 21, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network and IT solutions, announced Verizon as the winner of the 'Empowered by Telecommunications' award in the category of Technical Achievement. More
NEC Takes Top Honors in "How Hot is Your NOC" Study October 19, 2009 NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications solutions, today announced that the TM Forum Business Benchmarking Program has awarded NEC's Network Operations Center (NOC) first place in a study designed to help participants optimize the effectiveness of their NOC. More
NEC Drives Business Forward with Innovative Solutions at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2009 October 16, 2009 NEC Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of innovative IT, network and communications technology, along with its North American subsidiary companies (NEC) are proud to be a Premier Sponsor at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo® 2009 event - being held October 18-22, 2009, in Orlando, Florida. More
East Resources Taps into the Value of NEC's D-Series SAN Storage October 13, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions, today announced the results of a successful D-Series SAN storage deployment for independent oil and gas exploration and development company, East Resources. Using NEC's new D3i iSCSI SAN storage array, East Resources has virtualized the data center for higher application availability, faster deployments, improved performance, and greater efficiencies. More
NEC D-Series SAN Storage Provides Enterprise Features at Midrange Prices, Customers Choose Value Over Brand in Tough Economic Climate October 13, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions, today detailed why customers are choosing NEC's D-Series SAN Storage systems resulting in a year-over-year revenue growth of 370 percent in the U.S. NEC has seen 79 percent of this U.S.-based SAN storage revenue from new customers who are seeking value over better known brand names, excessive and costly bells and whistles, or systems that sacrifice enterprise functionality for low cost. More
NEC Fault Tolerant Server Keeps Lycoming County Department of Public Safety 911 Sector Up and Running October 6, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions, today detailed the successful results of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania's Department of Public Safety, 911 sector, state-of-the-art automated computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system running on NEC's fault tolerant (FT) server. More
NEC Offers End-to-end Business Continuity Suite to Meet Availability Needs October 6, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions, today announced a complete end-to-end business continuity suite for the ultimate in software disaster recovery and hardware continuous availability protection. NEC provides a business continuity product solution that can deliver virtually continuous uptime through its non-stop hardware, the NEC Fault Tolerant (FT) Express5800/300 series, combined with its data mirroring synchronization cluster software, NEC ExpressCluster. More
NEC Companies Merge into NEC Corporation of America October 1, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a leading provider of network, IT and communications solutions , today announced that it has merged with NEC Unified Solutions , Inc. and NEC Infrontia, Inc. to become a single corporate entity doing business as NEC Corporation of America (NEC). Takayuki Okada will lead the company as President and CEO. More
NEC Deploys One of Japan's Largest Thin Client Systems for Tokio Marine September 29, 2009 NEC Corporation today announced the beginning of construction of one of Japan's largest virtual PC thin client systems as part of strengthening information security and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) for Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (Tokio Marine; President: Shuzo Sumi). Trial deployment of the system will begin in 2009 and installation of approximately 30,000 units is scheduled to start in 2010. More
NEC Releases Mobility and UC Productivity Enhancements for Growing Businesses September 17, 2009 NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications solutions, today announced enhancements to the UNIVERGE® SV8100 communications server designed to enhance productivity, scalability and cost-savings for increasingly mobile, growth-oriented small and medium-sized businesses. More
NEC Primes HYDRAstor for 100 Years of Storage Archive September 15, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced archive enhancements to NEC's grid storage platform, HYDRAstor, that make it an even more ideal, cost-effective, green solution for long-term data retention and online data access. These enhancements, combined with HYDRAstor's self-evolving capabilities, are putting an end to the pain and cost of forklift upgrades and data migration required to store and access data over decades. In addition, this latest release boosts HYDRAstor performance by 67 percent. More
EDmin Gives NEC an "A+" for SAN Storage Value September 14, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced EDmin has successfully deployed NEC's D-Series SAN Storage to save money, improve reliability and performance, and cost-effectively scale to support company growth and new applications. More
NEC Introduces Enhancements to UC for Enterprise Portfolio September 1, 2009 NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communications solutions, today introduced significant updates to its unified communications suite, UC for Enterprise (UCE), designed to meet the growing needs for business collaboration, mobility and productivity. Enhancements to the suite include the introduction of UCE Mobility, Microsoft® Outlook® integration for UCE Desktop Client, and new integration capabilities for the UCE Attendant. More
NEC's New Fault Tolerant Servers Offer Upgraded Performance, Continuous Availability August 25, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced fault-tolerant (FT) servers based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series (formerly code-name "Nehalem"). These new FT servers run with one or two CPUs benefiting from the performance boost of the new Intel Xeon processor to offer the ideal low-cost continuous availability solution for robust mission-critical, non-stop computing environments such as emergency response, physical security, and manufacturing automation. More
NEC Financing Incentives for Dynamic IT Infrastructure Products Help IT Departments Meet Business Demands Under Tight Budgets August 10, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, is rolling out new financing initiatives in the U.S. NEC is looking to make the purchasing decision easier by taking the immediate economic strain off the customer while allowing them to meet current business needs. Until the end of 2009, NEC is offering eligible organizations their choice of zero percent financing until 2012 or no payments for 120 days on eligible NEC Dynamic IT Infrastructure products. More
NEC Enterprise Server Breaks Virtualization Performance Record August 4, 2009 NEC Corporation and NEC Corporation of America today announced that their newest enterprise server, the NEC Express5800/A1160, has established a world record in overall VMmarkTM performance benchmark results. More
Revenue Management Solutions and Online Resources Named Itanium Innovation Award Finalists for Outstanding Use of NEC Premier Servers August 4, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced that the Itanium Solutions Alliance has selected Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) and Online Resources Corporation as finalists for its Itanium Innovation Awards, recognizing both organizations' innovative use of NEC's dynamic server solutions to improve business functions. More
Power Catalyst Re-energizes with Virtualization, Disaster Recovery and Non-Disruptive Scalability Via NEC Dynamic IT Infrastructure July 28, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced that Power Catalyst has reduced costs, improved customer service levels, and achieved a 50 percent reduction in power consumption by deploying a scalable, virtual solution on NEC Dynamic IT Infrastructure products. More
NEC's Fault Tolerant Server Proves Bulletproof for Mifflin County's Critical 911 Communications Center July 21, 2009 NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced that Mifflin County, Pennsylvania's Office of Public Safety, responsible for emergency management, public safety and 911 communications, has successfully deployed NEC's Express5800 Fault Tolerant (FT) server. More